Improvement in boots



T. POORE.

Boots.

N0.'2o9,357. Patented oct. 29,1878.V

Mmmy f N.PETERS, fMoTo-LITHOGRAPHER WASH NGTON n t* UNITED 1 STATESPATENT OFFICE,

TovvNsEND Poonn, or scnhnron, rENNsYLvANrA.

IM PROVEM ENT IN BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209, 35 7, dated October 29, 1878; applic-ation filed September 30, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'loWNsEND PooRE, of Scranton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots, which improvement is fully described in the following speciiicat-ion and accompanying drawings, in which latter- Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section of one of my improved boot-s, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of the same. i

My present invention is intended to meet a want not fully supplied (hiring all seasons of the year by my boot heretofore patented.

A boot made with a vamp and leg entirely of canvas or stout cloth, and which is waterproof throughout, as in my former patent, might be too cold for some people during very cold weather, and during very warm weather it might be uncomfortable to some on account of its not allowing the perspiration to escape through its vamp portion; but the cheapness of such a boot would largely compensate for these objections, and especially so, as the boot would be as comfortable and serviceable as any other boot during a large part of the year; but :with some people the objections stated would hold good during exceedingly warm and cold seasons of the year; and hence the new construction of boot has been devised.

The nature of my present invention consists in the improved article of manufacture, viz., a boot having a water-proof cloth or canvas leg and a leather vamp, and with a sole or bottom of any suitable known materials, all as will be hereinafter described.

By my invention the foot portion of the boot serves to keep the foot of the wearer warm and dry, and at the same time the perspiration from the foot can escape freely from the same, the pores of the leather permitting this,

and the advantages of having a foot portion which can be blackened and polished as an ordinary boot are secured 5 and while this' is the case the leg portion of the boot is made of a stout water-proof cloth, canvas preferred, which is not liable to loe soaked throughwith water during immersion therein, as in wading or in other similar ways. And thus, while no inconvenience from perspiration will be experienced around the leg of the wearer on account of the water-proof nature ot' the matcrial forming the leg, from the fact that the leg of the boot does not tt tightly about the wcarers leg and warm air or vapor can pass upward freely, great economy is secured in the manufacture of the leg port-ion of the boot and the necessity of using light flimsy leather for the leg, which is readily soaked through by Water, and thus rendered uncomfortable and inconvenient to the wearer, is avoided.

In Fig. l of the annexed drawings, forming a part of this my specification, a boot, A, is represented, having a leg, l), of water-proof canvas 'or other suitable cloth fabric, made water-proof by first providing it with a thorough coating of linseecl-oil and lamp-black, and then with a coat of asphaltum varnish. The canvas is thoroughlysaturated with the oil and lamp-black, and thereafter the asphaltum, being properly applied, renders the fabric not only water-tight, but its surface smooth and shiny.

The leg bis sewed to the vamp c and the heel portion D in the usual manner, and the sole E is provided with a central strengthening steel plate, c, to preserve the shape of the sole.

The leg b may be made of any desirable length, and the vamp c may be of any kind of leather suitable for either light or heavy service.

The perspiration of the wearers leg above the vamp is readily carried oft upward out of the boot-leg, which always has a loose lit, and so provides a space wherein the perspiration may rise and finally pass off through the other garments. y

The heel portion D may be made eitherof leather or of water -proof cloth; but I prefer to make it of leather correspondingfwith the vamp.

By thus constructing a boot for men and boys wear-to wit, with a leather vamp and a to the trademaii'l'article which answers all the purposes of a boot for ordinary wear, as well as for the use of Sportsmen, and at nearly, if

not quite, one-half the cost of an al1-leather boot ofr the same class.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved article of manufacture, consisting of a boot having a Water-proof cloth or canvas leg anda leather vamp, al1 substantially as and for the purpose described.

-TOWNSEND POORE.

In presence of- H. H. CosroN, G. F. BENTLEY. 

